An individual with achlorhydria (lack of or low gastric acid in stomach) may have abdominal pain due to difficulty digesting food, loose bowel movements & problems due to poor absorption of nutrients.
Foods for Good Digestion # 5: Sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes, especially when consumed with their skins on, are a superb food for digestive health. They provide dietary fiber, complex carbohydrates and manganese. Sweet potatoes help in treating peptic ulcers, duodenal ulcers and some other serious bowel ailments.
Eating Foods that Promote Digestion. 1  1. Eat high-fiber foods. Fiber-rich foods aid digestion in a variety of ways. 2  2. Eat yogurt. Yogurt is a great natural source of probiotics, and other live cultures that are essential to digestion. 3  3. Eat ginger.